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PLATE 1. GUJIN XINGSHENG ZHI TU (MAP OF ADVAN- TAGEOUS TERRAIN PAST AND PRESENT, 1555). (See p. 59.) This map represents territory from Samarkand in Central Asia to Japan and from present-day Mongolia to Java and Suma- tra in Southeast Asia. The map was printed with black ink from a woodblock and colored by hand afterward. The Huanghe (Yellow River) is yellow, and the Changjiang (Yangtze River) is blue. Mountains are represented pictorially, as is the Great Wall. Much of the map is covered by notes describing changes in place-names and administrative status. This map was sent to Spain in 1874 by the Spanish viceroy in the Philippines. Size of the original: 115 x 100 em. By pennission of Archivo General de Indias, Seville.
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PLATE 1. GUJIN XINGSHENG ZHI TU (MAP OF ADVANTAGEOUS TERRAIN PAST AND PRESENT, 1555). (See p.59.) This map represents territory from Samarkand in CentralAsia to Japan and from present-day Mongolia to Java and Sumatra in Southeast Asia. The map was printed with black ink froma woodblock and colored by hand afterward. The Huanghe(Yellow River) is yellow, and the Changjiang (Yangtze River) is
blue. Mountains are represented pictorially, as is the Great Wall.Much of the map is covered by notes describing changes inplace-names and administrative status. This map was sent toSpain in 1874 by the Spanish viceroy in the Philippines.Size of the original: 115 x 100 em. By pennission of ArchivoGeneral de Indias, Seville.
PLATE 2. CHANG]IANG TV (MAP OF THE YANGTZE Size of the original: 74 x 140 cm. Courtesy of the GeographyRIVER). (See p. 61.) This map shows flood control works on and Map Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.the Yangtze and Han rivers in Hubei Province. It is oriented (G7822.Y3N22 18--.C4 Vault).with north at the bottom.
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PLATE 3. WATER POLICE MAP, 1850. (See pp. 61-62.) Thismap represents the jurisdiction of the water police station atTongzhou near the mouth of the Yangtze River. The red stripson the map give patrol instructions, distance information, andinformation about tributaries.
Size of the original: 63.5 x 96 cm. By permission of the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin-Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Kartenabteilung (E 1155).
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PLATE 4. DETAIL OF A CHINESE COASTAL MAP ON ASCROLL. (See p. 62.) This map represents the Chinese coastfrom Korea to Annam. According to the accompanying text,the map was intended as an aid to surveillance of the coast forthe protection of commerce. Strategic points and harbors are
labeled. Mountams, walls, bridges, and temples are representedpictorially. Counties (xian) are represented as red squares.Size of the entire original: 30 X 900 cm. By permission of theStaatsbibliothek zu Berlin-Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Kartenabteilung (E 530).
PLATE 5. SECTION OF A MAP OF THE GRAND CANALLINKING BEIJING WITH HANGZHOU, EIGHTEENTHCENTURY. (See p. 101.) The thousand-mile length of the canalis represented on a scroll. While the waterway is drawn in plan,
mountains are presented in elevation and cities and towns froma bird's-eye view. Compare this map with figures 5.2 and 5.3.Size of this detail: ca. 49 x 47 em. By permission of the BritishLibrary, London (MS. Or. 2362).
PLATE 6. QING MAP OF THE YONGDING RIVER. (See p.102.) This map, presented to the emperor with a memorial,depicts conservancy works along the Yongding River (in pre-
sent-day Hebei Province). It is oriented with north at the top.Size of the original: ca. 95 X 55 em. By permission of theNational Palace Museum, Taipei, Taiwan.
PLATE 7. QING MAP OF THE YELLOW RIVER. (See p. 102.)This map depicts the conservancy works along the Yellow Riverat Lanyi Xian (in present-day Henan Province). It was presentedto the emperor with a memorial.
Size of the original: ca. 30 x 76 cm. By permission of theNational Palace Museum, Taipei, Taiwan.
PLATE 8. DETAIL OF A SILK MAP FROM THE HANDYNASTY. (See pp. 147-48.) Detail of the garrison map drawnon silk discovered in Han tomb 3 at Mawangdui. See also figure3.10 above.
Size of this detail: ca. 25 x 19 em. By permission of WenwuChubanshe, Beijing.
PLATE 9. DETAIL FROM THE PAINTING OF WANGCHUAN. (See p. 151 and fig. 6.17.)
Size of the detail: unknown. By permission of the Seattle ArtMuseum (Eugene Fuller Memorial Collection 47.142).
PLATE 10. DETAIL FROM A PREFECTURAL MAP FROMAN EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY MANUSCRIPT ATLAS OFJIANGXI PROVINCE. (See pp. 152-53.)
Size of the entire original: ea. 40 x 53 em; this detail: ea. 35x 27 em. By permission of the British Library, London (Add.MS. 16356).
PLATE 11. DETAIL FROM AN EARLY EIGHTEENTHCENTURY MAP OF THE GREAT WALL. (See p. 189.) Theentire map, drawn in the late Ming, represents the section ofthe Great Wall extending from Shanhaiguan to Luowenyu, aspan of about six hundred kilometers. Distance between guardstations on the wall is given on red strips pasted to the map.
Size of the entire original: 32 x 600 em. By permission of theStaatsbibliothek zu Berlin-Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Kartenabteilung (19 271).
PLATE 12. DETAIL OF A NINETEENTH-CENTURY MAPOF THE YELLOW RIVER. (See pp. 189-90 and fig. 7.21.)Size of the detail: ea. 38 X 64 em. Courtesy of the Geography
and Map Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.(G7822.Y4AS 18--.H9 Vault Shelf).
PLATE 13. MAP OF GUANGDONG PROVINCE, CA. 1739.(See p. 190.)
Size of the original: 163.5 x 103 em. By pennission of theowner. Photograph courtesy of Sotheby's, London.
PLATE 14. PARTOFALATEQING MAP OF WUTAI SHAN.(See p. 191.) The map presents a panoramic view of Wutai Shan(in present-day Shanxi Province). The dark lines on the mapwere produced by a woodblock; the rest of the linen surfacewas hand colored. The map bears inscriptions in Chinese, Manchu, and Mongolian. It was made in 1846. The portion shownhere is slightly less than one-quarter of the map. A nearly iden-
tical map is described and illustrated in Harry Halen, Mirrorsof the Void: Buddhist Art in the National Museum of Finland(Helsinki: Museovirasto, 1987), 142-59.Size of this detail: ca. 59 x 64 em. Courtesy of the Geographyand Map Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.(G7822.W8A3 1846.W8 Vault).
PLATE 15. CHINESE MAP OF THE EASTERN HEMISPHERE, 1790. (See pp. 195-96.) This map was drawn at thebeginning of a scroll devoted mainly to a coastal map (p. 62and plate 4).
Diameter of the original: ca. 25 em (?). By permission of theStaatsbibliothek zu Berlin-Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Kartenabteilung (E 530).
PLATE 16. CH'ONHADO (MAP OF THE WORLD). (See p.259.) From a hand-copied atlas of perhaps the mid-eighteenthcentury. Although this map differs from other ch'onhado in afew minor details, it may be called a typical example of thegenre. The inner continent is encircled by a sea with variousfabulous countries and mountains; the sea is surrounded by anequally fictional outer land ring. Trees at the east and west mark
the places where the sun and moon rise and set. Another treedecorates the outer ring in the north. The names of most ofthe fictional countries and mountains, and of all three trees,come from the ancient Chinese geographical work Shanhai ;ing(Classic of mountains and seas).Size of the original: 36.5 x 33.7 em. By permission of theNational Central Library, Seoul.
